Discussion of Candidate Reccomendation Phase

Unanimous Consent Items

Using the summary attribute of the table element to give an overview of data tables, Providing a label for groups of radio buttons or checkboxes using the fieldset and legend elements, How to meet 3.1.1, Using lang attribute on HTML element, Using DIR attribute of HTML element, HTML tech: using lang attribute to identify changes, Adding DIR attribute to block-level element, Providing def. of word or phrase used in an usual or restricted way, using inline definitions, HTML: Using element, Definition lists, Link element for glossary, alt for element, Placing interactive elements in an order that follows sequences and relationships, Creating logical tab order, failure due to using tabindex to create tab order that doesn’t follow elationships and sequences in content, Using the body of the object element, Validating delivery units, Failure due to including scrolling content where there is not a mechanism to pause and restart the content, Providing a mechanism to postpone any updating of content

Glossary Issues

resolution: accept items that weren't controversial in survey - TBD provide list
... close issue 1597 with comment "Overcome by events. New definition is based on "baseline.""
... close 1846 with comment - Yes. WCAG 2.0 is intended to be be applied to content developed in multiple languages. Initialisms, acronyms, and abbreviations are addressed by SC 3.1.4 and the related "How to Meet..." and Techniques documents.
... define "real-time events" as "events that are live"

resolution: close 1593 with comment -
... Definition was updated since this issue was raised. Any change of context, including those listed is allowed in response to a user action. The guidelines prevent changing the context not in response to user agent, but spontaneously.
... (see new definition)
... close 1594 and 1595
... define "functionality: processes and outcomes achievable through user action"

<rscano> ISO 9126 set Functionality - A set of attributes that bear on the existence of a set of functions and their specified properties. The functions are those that satisfy stated or implied needs.

<Zakim> Michael_Cooper, you wanted to say American English is official language of W3C

<rscano> Captions are a text version of video narrative and are synchronized with the images on screen. (www.umuc.edu/ade/glossary.html)

resolution: add following note to definition of sign language (re issue 1696) -
... Note: although some languages have a signed counterpart, most sign languages are an independent language which is unrelated to the spoken language of the same country or culture.
... close 1849 by adding following note to definition of Unicode -
... The Unicode Consortium. The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0.1, defined by: The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0 (Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 2003. ISBN 0-321-18578-1), as amended by Unicode 4.0.1 (http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.0.1/).

Ensuring that users are not trapped in content.

Providing a script on page that warns the user a timeout is about to expire.

return to committee to address comments

this technique is a valid technique - "How to meet" document requires this technique AND a technique to allow the user to extend the time.

resolution: accept with edits

Ensuring content blinks for less than three seconds.

resolution: accept with edits - Michael to work with Yvette to address her concern

timing is not a valid test because the length of the blinking can be affected by the end user's hardware

can only tell by examining the code or the technology - authors don't always have access to it

resolution: change procedure to "Find all items that blink. For each item that blinks, determine the interval between when the blinking starts and when it stops." This does not completely resolve the issue but it's better.

1.1 survey

resolution: accept with edits. Team A to get with those who posted "other" comments to ensure that their issues are resolved with recent edits.